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Letters Patent No. 99,132

, (lated (u1-nary 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' CHEESE-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to in\thes e Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERTA G. BAGG,of Holland Patent, in the county of Oneida, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cheese-Press, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had-t0 the accompanying drawings, and to the letters-and figures of reference .marked thereonrIhe nature of my invention consists in providing a cheese-press with au adjustable weight, combined with a table, supported on springs, said weight, table,

and springs so acting with relation to each other, that-` a pliant pressure is brought to bear on the cheese, as hereinafter. described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. p

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvement in cheese-press, and represents a portion of the bottom cross-timber broken away, for the purpose of showing the relation of the springs to the table.

Figure 2'is an end levatiou of the press.

In the accompanying drawings- A A B C represent the frame of the press.

0n the inside of the timbers A and A are grooves,

into which are itted the guides c and j, ofthe weightbox D, which is provided with a cross-bar, E, in which is pivoted a pulley, l. The upper side of the weight-box is left open, for the purpose of readily placing weights in it, and for removing weights from it. The weights to be placed in the weight-boXD may be stones or pieces of metal, or the weights may consist of a series-of square metallic blocks, of any desired size.

In the upper cross-timber B are pivoted pulleys 2 and 3, and to the under side of the timber is secured a staple, R, to which is attached a rope, 4, which passes down and under pulley 1, and then up-and over pulleys 2 and 3, and then down to shaft y, to which it is secured.

On one end of the shaft y is a wheel, h, which gears into a small wheel, yi, on the end of shaft ic, which is provided with a cra`nk, J.

The shafts w and y are secured in position on the frame-timber A by means ofthe bearings 7 and 8.

The cogs or teeth on the periphery of thewheels h and t should extend around the whole circumference of the wheels, as indicated by red lines 6.

To the timber A is y pivoted a ratchet, the hooked point of which drops into thel spaces between the teeth `of the wheel 7i.

table P, on which is placed a press-board, lo, in which is made a groove or channel, n, for carrying off the whey or serons matter, pressed out of the cheesecurd.

The press-board o is provided with a piu, 5, for holding in place a disk, n, the diameter of which is nearly thc same as the inside diameter of the cheesehoop, lm, which is provided with a follower, l, which is adapted in diameter to the inside diameter of the cheese-hoop77 ou..

Other forms and kinds of springs, and a different arrangement of them, may be used as a substitutev for the gum springs fc, and used in combination with the table P, and the pressing-device, hereinbefore described.

As the construction and arrangement of the several parts of my improved cheese-press, and the relation they bear to cach other, will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and by reference to the accompanying drawings, I will therefore proceed to describe the operation of my invention.

Having all things constructed and arranged as hereinbefore described, and the desired weight placed in the weight-box D, the ratchet K is uushipped, the box D is raised up by turning the crank J, which will cause the wheel yi to revolve the wheel h and shaft y, which winds on it the rope 4, and thereby draw upward the weight-box D, which is held in the desiredu position by the ratchet K. f

The cheese-hoop is then arranged in position ou the press-board o, which rests ou the table' l?, and is provided with the pressing-cloths, after which the cheese-hoop m is then filled with the cheese-curd, after which the curd is properly covered with a cloth. The follower l is then set on top of the curd, as indicated in iig. 1.

The ratchet K is then unshippcd, and weight-box D lowered, so that its weight will come down on the followerJ, and tlierebypress the curd in the cheesehoop, on, and thereby press out of it the whey or serons matter, which may be in it.

The advantage of my improvement in cheese-press consists in combining the flexible action of springs with weights, and thereby bringing a pliant pressure upon the cheese-curd, which will equalize the pressure on all parts of the curd, and thereby cause uniform solidity of the cheese.

rThe facility' atlbrded by the arrangement of the weight-box D, and the means for manipulating it, and the weight in it, will be very apparent to the manufacturer of cheese.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of my improvement,

fha-tl claim as of my invention, is

1. The combination and arrangement of the springs weight-box D, andtable I), constructed and operating substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The arrangement ofthe weight-hoXD, ulleys 1, 2, 3, rope 1, wheels 7i and t, ratchet K, table P, and press-board o, constructed, arranged, and operating as herein described.'

Witnesses:

JOHN G. Gowns, HULBERT POWELL.

ALBERT G. BAGG. 

